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Some thoughts on emission-line spectroscopy
The interpretation of emission lines formed in large astrophysical plasmas such as the solar atmosphere faces many challenges. Relatively simple line-ratio estimates of physical...- publication PDF
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Typhoon forecasts with dynamic vortex initialization using an unstructured...
A dynamical vortex initialization (DVI) scheme is implemented on unstructured meshes for the global model MPAS for typhoon forecasts. The DVI extracts the departure vortex...- publication PDF
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Development of the online MM5 tracer model and its applications to air...
An online tracer model, based on the fifth-generation Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale model, was developed. The new model includes full representation of processes for advection,...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of convection-permitting model simulations of cloud populations...
Regional convection-permitting model simulations of cloud populations observed during the 2011 Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Madden-Julian Oscillation Investigation...- publication PDF
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Simulations of the West African monsoon with a superparameterized climate...
The relationship between African easterly waves and convection is examined in two coupled general circulation models: the Community Climate System Model (CCSM) and the...- publication PDF
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Changes in moisture flux over the Tibetan Plateau during 1979-2011: Insights...
Net precipitation [precipitation minus evapotranspiration (P -- E)] changes between 1979 and 2011 from a high-resolution regional climate simulation and its reanalysis forcing...- publication PDF
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An evaluation of the performance of the Twentieth Century Reanalysis version 3
The performance of a new historical reanalysis, the NOAA-CIRES-DOE Twentieth Century Reanalysis version 3 (20CRv3), is evaluated via comparisons with other reanalyses and...- publication PDF
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Aerosol effects on stratocumulus water paths in a PDF-based parameterization
Successful simulation of aerosol indirect effects in climate models requires parameterizations that capture the full range of cloud-aerosol interactions, including positive and...- publication PDF
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Patterns and controls of foliar nutrient stoichiometry and flexibility...
Plant element stoichiometry and stoichiometric flexibility strongly regulate ecosystem responses to global change. Here, we tested three potential mechanistic drivers (climate,...- publication PDF
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Footprint of tropical mesoscale convective system variability on...
Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) play a dominant role in tropical climate. However, the variabilities of their occurrences on a tropical-wide scale remain elusive, and the...- publication PDF
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Multiscale forecasting of high-impact weather: Current status and future challenges
Improving the forecasting and communication of weather hazards such as urban floods and extreme winds has been recognized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as a...- publication PDF
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Wind profiles in tropical cyclone stratiform rainbands over land
Observations of 14 stratiform periods in outer tropical cyclone rainbands are used to evaluate wind structure using a velocity–azimuth display (VAD) technique applied to KAMX...- publication PDF
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Potential impacts of future warming and land use changes on intra-urban heat...
Extreme heat events in the United States are projected to become more frequent and intense as a result of climate change. We investigated the individual and combined effects of...- publication PDF
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Global distributions of overlapping gravity waves in HIRDLS data
Data from the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) instrument on NASA's Aura satellite are used to investigate the relative numerical variability of observed gravity...- publication PDF
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Correction of GRACE measurements of the Earth's moment of inertia (MOI)
The widely used 15-year Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) data sets do not conserve global total mass. They have a spurious decreasing trend of similar to 280...- publication PDF
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The uneven nature of daily precipitation and its change
A few days with heavy rain contribute disproportionately to total precipitation, while many days with light drizzle contribute much less. What is not appreciated is just how...- publication PDF
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Impacts of asian megacity emissions on regional air quality during spring 2001
Measurements from the Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific (TRACE-P) and Asian Pacific Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-Asia) field experiments...- publication PDF
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Atmospheric rivers impacting Western North America in a world with climate...
Atmospheric rivers (ARs) impacting western North America are analyzed under climate intervention applying stratospheric aerosol injections (SAI) using simulations produced by...- publication PDF
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Laboratory study on new particle formation from the reaction OH + SO₂:...
Nucleation experiments starting from the reaction of OH radicals with SO₂ have been performed in the IfT-LFT flow tube under atmospheric conditions at 293±0.5 K for a relative...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of preindustrial to present-day black carbon and its albedo...
As part of the Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model Intercomparison Project (ACCMIP), we evaluate the historical black carbon (BC) aerosols simulated by 8 ACCMIP models...- publication PDF
